The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is promoting green and inclusive lending in Uzbekistan by offering a financing package of up to US$ 20 million (€ 18.46 million) to the country’s leading private lender Ipoteka Bank controlled by OTP Group of Hungary.

Number of foreign-invested enterprises in the country stands at 14,199 as of February 1, 2024. According to the Statistics Agency, 4,675 of them are joint ventures and 9,524 are foreign enterprises.

On February 29, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Children’s Rights (Children’s Ombudsman) Bill into Law with immediate effect.

Tashkent unveiled Tashkent city weather forecast. On March 4−7 it will be without precipitation, with a light is possible on March 8. The temperature at night will be in the +3...+5 Celsius range, and will reach +15...+17 degrees. On March 6-7, fog is possible at night and in the morning.

On the sidelines of the third Antalya Diplomatic Forum, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on March 2, in Antalya (Turkey),, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) introduced a new initiative to support Uzbekistan’s clean energy objectives – the development of a Green Hydrogen Hub. Green hydrogen is defined as hydrogen energy developed by using renewable energy resources. Hydrogen is emerging as one of the leading options for storing and potentially transporting energy from renewables over long distances.

Petroleum Technology Group purchased the Chinaz oil refinery in the Tashkent province, the respective change was inserted in the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations.

The statistics agency announced the top 10 countries in Uzbekistan's international trade. In January 2024, Uzbekistan's international trade reached US$ 4.2 billion.

The 2024 state program includes the item: Uzbekneftgaz will produce 29.3 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas in 2024, with a number of geological and technical measures scheduled to this end.

Uzbekistan government delegation visited the Chinese city of Kashgar From February 29 to March 1. As part of the visit, on March 1, PM Abdulla Aripov held talks with the member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Ma Xinjui.

Footage surfaced online in which a teacher, during a lesson, first beats one of the students, and then severely beats another school student, yeling at her. The girl sits down at her desk, but the teacher continues to beat her.

During President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s trip to the Khorezm province, a groundbreaking ceremony for a 100 MW photovoltaic plant project by French Voltalia took place on Thursday, the president’s press said.

An article entitled "Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan trade surpassed US$ 4 billion in recent years" was published on the Kazinform news portal.

At a press conference held in Tashkent, it was announced that an office of the German Messe Frankfurt exhibition company would open officla office which is to be represented by Business Media Central Asia Uzbekistan (BMCA Uzbekistan).

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the government meeting on February 28 discussed the ways to boost renewable energy sources in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan Airways held a presentation ceremony in Mumbai dedicated to the resumption of the Tashkent to Mumbai flight in April and attractive tourism destinations of the country.

Meeting of the Senate Defense and Security Affairs Committee took place on February 28. In it, information was heard about the cooperation work of the MIA in 2023 with the relevant ministries and agencies on the prevention and prevention of crimes.

BBC Uzbek Service journalist Ibrat Safo reported that he was invited “to a conversation” at the Chilanzar district police department of Tashkent city, he said on his Facebook.

Uzbekistan will help Kazakhstan with water: 800 cubic meters of water per second will flow in March this year along the Syrdarya river.

The Central Bank began to partially classify data on trading on the foreign exchange market. Before, in the monthly statistical bulletin, the table on the volume of foreign currency trading on the foreign exchange trades included separate data on the purchase and sale of currency by commercial banks. In the 2023 bulletin, this section is summarized and was changed to “foreign exchange trading turnover in commercial banks.”